LOL, not to quote myself, but before someone goes off about my comment... it think the same thing about my LMT.... IMO, the LMT is a notch under the KAC in terms of fit and finish... I look at my LMT as more of a DMR rifle, which in all reality... that is what it was designed to do by LMT... it wasn't designed to be a precision shooter and they will tell you that when you call LMT (trust me, I have and that is what they told me outright)..... my LMT is a battle rifle... it just happens to produce sub-moa groups from time to time in the right hands using MY RELOADS (trust me, my groups looks like SHIT when I use FMJ fodder)... to get sub-moa groups out of ANY .308 AR is really really hard CONSISTENTLY especially if you're not using reloaded ammo like the 168 amax bullet with load development... note the consistent sub-moa group part of my comment.. lets me honest here, my LMT is a 1MOA or a tad bit more than that in an average shooters hands. I'm not saying I'm a amazing shooter, but I might be a bit above average as a recreational rifleman when it comes to shooting groups on paper. It is just what I love to do with my rifles regardless if its 100, 300, or 600yards plus. I just like to see where my hits are going on paper that I can measure right down to the .005 of an inch... it pushes me to be a better reloader and marksman. don't get me wrong, I like shooting steel too, but I personally get much much more information from paper groups rather than listening to a "gong" sound from steel. That's just my marksman M.O.
now, with that said... IMO, I think the LMT is neck & neck with the KAC as being used as a recreational target shooter which IMO,,, the extra money for the KAC is not worth it. save your money, get an LMT which will perform just as well, and dump the money into the optics. that goes for any SEMI auto .308 AR at this level BTW. GAP, OBR, JP, KAC, blah blah blah blah .308 AR.... and I more than welcome (and i'm not being cocky here) to post their groups on the 100yard challenge. If you haven't done it, then don't knock it.. It's rather hard even to get sub-moa all day long especially with a big cal .308 AR (which I've only done twice with my LMT mind you since I've owned it)... I've seen everything from KAC, GAP, OBR, JP, LMT, and what ever on the 100yard challenges, and we are now on the 3rd round for anyone to prove me wrong (which I think is going on 2 years now?) anyway.... Is it all about the rifle? no, the shooter and ammo used is just as important in these shootout threads which is important to keep in mind... Trust me when I say this, I love this info, so prove me wrong. That is what this posted info is for.... as MOST (not all) of us are just average joe recreational shooters getting information from the average joe's on the shootout threads. I wanted a central location to show what so and so rifle could do in an average joe's hands while shutting up the "I shoot .5moa all day long with my .308 AR blah blah blah rifle" = the reason why I started the shootout threads.
if you want a true precision based AR that wasn't designed for battle and more around punching holes in paper, then you better look at something more like a GAP in a 6creed or 260... maybe get lucky with a LMT 260 barrel but most likely not with the twist rate. I'll be the first to say I've never shot a GAP, but I sure as hell would love to own one in a 6creed or 260. Last time I check I wasn't in the middle of a war..... but for cheap .308 ammo with mostly sub-moa results, my LMT kicks ass if placed in the right hands with the correct reloads.
http://www.snipershide.com/shooting...00yard-semi-auto-6group-30round-shootout.html As a war battle rifle yes.
As a target precision shooter for the money no. I have yet to see one produce amazing groups.
Fit and finish is amazing.
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